"Franz Liszt: I was about eleven years old when my respected teacher Czerny took me to see Beethoven. Already a long time before, he had told Beethoven about me and asked him to give me a hearing some day. However, Beethoven had such an aversion to infant prodigies that he persistently refused to see me. At last Czerny, indefatigable, persuaded him, so that, impatiently, he said 'Well, bring the rascal to me, in God's name'. It was about ten o'clock in the morning when we entered the two small rooms in the Schwarzspanierhaus where Beethoven was living at the time, myself very shy, Czerny kind and encouraging. Beethoven was sitting at a long, narrow table near the window, working. For a while he scrutinised us grimly, exchanged a few hurried words with Czerny and remained silent when my good teacher called me to the piano. The first thing I played was a short piece by Ries. When I had finished, Beethoven asked me if I could play a fugue by Bach. I chose the Fugue in C minor from the Well-tempered Clavichord. 'Could you transpose this fugue at once into another key?' Beethoven asked me. Fortunately, I could. After the final chord, I looked up. The Master's darkly glowing gaze was fixed upon me penetratingly. Yet suddenly a benevolent smile broke up his gloomy features, Beethoven became quite close, bent over me, laid his hand on my head and repeatedly stroked my hair. 'Devil of a fellow' he whispered, 'such a young rascal!' I suddenly plucked up courage 'May I play something of yours now?' I asked cheekily. Beethoven nodded with a smile. I played the first movement of the C major Concerto. When I had ended, Beethoven seized both my hands, kissed me on the forehead and said gently 'Off with you! You are a happy fellow, for you will give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that'

<Salad Days>

Round 1 will be played next Monday October 26 16:00 CET(UTC+1:00). The posting pairings (probably sometime Sunday). At that point, the game prediction contest will be open.

Line-up:

Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Liren Ding, Wesley So.

Rounds: 6 (double round robin).
Sofia and Bilbao rules apply.

This bonebed was discovered by geologist Robert Liscomb in 1961, as the AP article relates. It continues, “Liscomb thought they came from mammals. They remained in storage for about two decades until someone identified the fossils as dinosaur bones …”1 This is true enough, but the critical point of why these fossils were initially thought to be mammalian is again omitted. Liscomb assumed they were recent bison bones because they were not fossilized.3 So strong was the assumption that these must be recent deposits that it took 20 years for them to be properly identified. Why didn’t the article clue the readers in on this important piece of the puzzle?>

http://creation.com/unpermineralize...

You've got to love how they are opposed to science, except when they attempt to use it to 'debunk' evolution or 'prove' Noah's flood.

<It’s clear to all whose minds are unclouded by the dogma of long ages that the comparatively short history of Earth provided to us in the Bible is much more consistent with the evidence than the views championed by today’s establishment.>

They literally ask you to imagine how evolution could have occurred and then call that science.

When they find bones, they say they are old because the rocks they found them in are old, because the rocks have old bones in them - and on and on and on. It's circular.

Evidence for evolution occurs when one guy points to the next guy who points to the next guy for proof. The say, "Everybody knows evolution is true"

That's not evidence.

They say, "Come on! It's in the school books"

That's not evidence.

They say, "You're anti-science"

That's not evidence.

They say, "There's TONS of evidence!"

That's not evidence.

They say, "Joe Shmoe scientist says it's true"

That's not evidence.

They say, "Joe Shmoe says some other expert has already proved evolution"

That's not evidence.

There is no evidence.

This is what they want you to believe: Long ago it rained on the rocks and the rocks came to life (because there was no Creator), and then evolution occurred - you can imagine that right? That's science

What about the sudden dawn of civilization? All of a sudden there is a recorded history, and nothing before that. I guess evolution sped up mightily right around 5000 years ago and then slowed back down.

Evolution is a fairy tale for adults.

By the way, I don't think the bible really shows that a young earth exists. But that doesn't really matter because there is no evidence for evolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIe...

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZEwAA...

Sacramento Kings history:

Squeezing the scrotum can trick the brain into flushing the body with adrenaline.>

♔ ANNOUNCEMENT ♔ In < Golden Executive forum > <Game Prediction Contest> for the <London Chess Classic 2015> tournament. Round 1 will be played next Friday December 4 16:00 GMT(UTC +0:00).

Line-up:
Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura, Anand, Topalov, Grischuk, Giri, Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave, Adams.

Rounds: 9

The full pairings are released; the game prediction contest is open right now.